About Us

With the help of more than 4,000 passionate, dedicated volunteers just like you, the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago & Northern Illinois serves more than 9.5 million people in northeastern Illinois.
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help our neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Locally we respond to 1,200 disasters every year and teach more than a quarter million people in Chicagoland each year health, safety and disaster preparedness skills.